Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 > >RSS chief wants Hindus to have four children >Hindustan Times >HT Correspondent >Bhopal, September 17 > >IN A seemingly erudite discourse, RSS chief KS Sudarshan here on >Friday set an agenda for followers of all the major religions in the >country. Muslims and Christians should learn to be more tolerant of >others' faith and beliefs, he said, proposing that Hindu couples >should have at least three children and, even better if they have >four. > >Replying to a question from the audience following the discourse on >what would happen if Hindus also gave up on family planning, he said >family planning and the mantra of "we two, ours one" held little >meaning since nature has its own ways to check population. > >Sudarshan's comments assume significance in the light of raging >controversy over higher growth of Muslim population in the country. > >"No species on earth can violate the laws of nature. If there is >uncontrolled population growth, there would be more strife and >population would be automatically controlled," he said. And, if there >has to be family planning, it should be uniformly applied to all, the >RSS chief asserted. He, however, maintained that when he said Hindus, >he was not talking of any religion but those who are part of the >cultural mainstream of the country. > >"All those, whose faiths and beliefs have roots in this land are >Hindus," he explained. At the same time, he conceded that higher >growth of population of Muslims or any other groups might have its >roots in a feeling of insecurity among them. > >While stating that 'blind' faith of Muslims and Christians in their >religious scriptures and consequent intolerance has been the reason >for scores of wars and thousands of deaths, Sudarshan, said Hindus >also believed Vedas to be the words of God but never felt inhibited >from explaining them in the context of contemporary truth. > >"But Muslims and Christians are stuck to the words written in their >scriptures and do not wish to go beyond them," he said and added that >any religion has to have two segments one dealing with eternal >truths and the other with the empirical truths. > >"Let the Muslims distil 10 per cent of eternal truth from the Koran >and leave 90 per cent to empirical interpretation," he said. As for >the Christians, he said they remain tolerant till the assumed >superiority of their religion is challenged, but once that happens the >tolerant cover on their skin peels off. He said that 99.9 per cent of >Muslims and Christians had Hindu ancestors, Sudarshan wondered what >problem they could have in assimilation in the Hindu mainstream of >this nation. > >When the audience turn came to address their queries to the RSS chief >in this assembly of 'intellectuals' at the Apex Bank auditorium, there >were no uncomfortable questions but only those which allowed Sudarshan >to further elaborate on his 'sectarian' agenda. Higher growth of >Muslim population, family planning and its consequences were the major >issues raised by the audience and the RSS chief was only too happy to >reply. > > > >------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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